Wild & Free

This is it. The last two years of two dozen candidates coming in and out of our fine state, jocking for position, throwing jabs, has now come to its end point (well, for us anyway). That is right, the Nevada Democratic Caucus is upon us. We talk about the caucus, redistricting, and the dirty political secrets of our state (ok, not really) with Sondra Cosgrove. Sondra is the President of the League of Women Voters of Southern Nevada and a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada. She can be found on twitter @SondraCosgrove.

The Women's Alliance Status of Women Conference: https://www.facebook.com/events/459797877994453/

LWVSN’s Meet the Judicial Candidates forum: https://www.facebook.com/events/508844206335060/

Information about the redistricting reform ballot question: https://lwvnvblog.org/fair-maps-nevada-anti-gerrymandering-ballot-question/

LWVSN’s behavioral and mental health workforce development advocacy program: https://lwvnvblog.org/mental-and-behavioral-health/

League of Southern Nevada website: http://lwvsn.org/ & on twitter @LWVSNV

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

"Follow the drinking gourd,

Follow the drinking gourd,

For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom,

Follow the drinking gourd."

In honor of African American Heritage Month, and our love of Arts & Culture, we are starting off season three by welcoming two incredible local performers, Rodney Arnett, Jr and Ricardo Reese. Rodney and Ricardo talk about their upcoming event, “THe History of the American Negro Spiritual and Beyond” taking place on Sunday February 23rd at the West Las Vegas Library. They both share their experiences as African-American performers, as well as discuss the history and impact of Negro Spirituals. And as usual, we go off on a few tangents.

To find out more information about the program, visit: https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/events/5d778f91dcb8184600363782

Rodney can be found on Instagram @rodneyantonio_

Ricardo can be found on Instagram @beats_from_the_box

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

We end the decade by talking about what we’ve been talking about all decade...LAS VEGAS! Early in the friendship, co-Wranglers Jacob and Alison realized that among all their similar Vegas experiences over their time in the city, they also shared their biggest regret...not seeing the Prince residency at the Rio. Alison and Jacob talk about the best shows they’ve seen here in the Entertainment Capital of the World!

If you are like us and didn’t see Prince, here is a little of what you missed: https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2016/apr/21/remembering-prince-his-breathtaking-run-rio-vegas-/

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

On our second to last episode of the decade (what?), our co-Wranglers Jacob & B (filling in for Alison who is away on "business") are joined by Nevada's most progressive (and youngest) Mayor, Daniel Corona. Corona, a 4th generation Nevadan, is the Mayor of West Wendover in northeast Nevada. Corona talks about the history of West Wendover, his involvement in politics, his passion for Nevada, his favorite places to eat in West Wendover (Salt Flats Cafe) and what he does in his limited free time. Corona is also one of the only Nevada elected officials to endorse Democratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro.

To learn more about West Wendover visit: https://www.westwendovercity.com/

To follow Mayor Corona on Twitter, go to: https://twitter.com/DanielCoronaNV

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

On this episode we are joined by Jo Russ (from the Neon Museum) and artist Chase McCurdy to talk about the Creative Aging program at The Neon Museum.

To learn more, visit; https://www.neonmuseum.org/

To see McCurdy's work, visit: http://www.chasermccurdy.com/

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

On this episode we welcome Jocelyn Torres, the Senior Field Director of the Conservation Lands Foundation and general fantastic Nevadan. We talk about the work of CLF and how Jocelyn turned her love of the outdoors into a career. We also discuss who Nevada is ranked 2nd in the nation when it comes to public land - and what this means for us.

To find out more about the Conservation Lands Foundation, visit: https://www.conservationlands.org/ or @conservationLF on Twitter

Nevada (and adjacent) organizations the CLF support:

Amargosa Conservancy https://www.amargosaconservancy.org/

Friends of Basin and Range http://www.protectbasinandrange.org/

Friends of Gold Butte https://www.friendsofgoldbutte.org/

Friends of Nevada Wilderness https://www.nevadawilderness.org/

Friends of Red Rock Canyon https://friendsredrock.org/

Friends of Sloan Canyon https://friendsofsloan.org/

Friends of the Black Rock High Rock http://blackrockdesert.org/

Get Outdoors Nevada http://www.getoutdoorsnevada.org/

Jocelyn can be found on Twitter @Jocy_Torres

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

Welcome to our 2nd Annual Nevada Day episode! Unless it is your first rodeo in Nevada, you know that the real Nevada Day is October 31st. Last year we tried our hand on a comedic re-telling of our history, this year we tell you about some of the best things Nevada has to offer. Do your remember how many letters there are in the alphabet? Well we endeavor to each answer our favorite things about Nevada while going through the alphabet. It can be a challenge to find an answer with X when we each have 4 or 5 for G.

Our challenge for you is to create your own ABCs of Nevada. Share with us on Social Media, or writing down on a napkin and give to us while we are eating tacos or drinking coffee at one of the many fine establishments around town.

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

This episode has been months in the making...but don’t let that fool you, we are just as ridiculous as ever! You may have thought professional sports began in Las Vegas with the Vegas Golden Knights...WRONG! We are joined by friend of the podcast, Michael, aka our biggest fan in Iowa. Michael gives us a lowdown of the history of professional sports in Southern Nevada along with commentary on a variety of other Nevada & sport topics...best of all, we go to a Las Vegas Aviators game together! Sports, while maybe not first of mind when you think of us, encapsulates so much of what community is all about.

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

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Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

In honor of October and the month that Nevada became a state (way back in 1864), we are re-releasing one of our favorite episodes when we featured some of our favorite fellow Nevada podcasters, Favy Fav and Babelito aka Latinos Who Lunch (http://www.latinoswholunch.com/). Stay tuned for our next episode which will be our annual ode to Nevada! (We can call it annual now because this is our 2nd year doing it...don’t @ us...okay please do).

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

Make sure to subscribe to Wild and Free: A Battle Born Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/WildFreeABattleBornPodcast and to give us a rating wherever you happen to listen to the podcast.

Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!

Here at Wild & Free we are Fall(ing) in love again with our wonderful community and the all the amazing arts, culture and food events that take place during the blustery autumn months. Alison and Jacob preview some of these fantastic events some of which are long standing pod favorites, while others are those we are hoping to attend during the next few months. Our list is not exhaustive - so please tell us what events we missed so we can share!

Find out more about the events we mentioned at:

St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church - http://lvgff.com/

Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival - http://www.lvrenfair.com/

Life in Death festival - https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/parks/Pages/life-in-death-festival.aspx

Donna Beam Gallery @ UNLV - https://www.unlv.edu/donnabeamgallery

Jewish Nevada - https://www.jewishnevada.org/supersunday2019

Majestic Repertory Theater - https://www.majesticrepertory.com

Las Vegas Little Theater - https://www.lvlt.org

A Public Fit Theater - https://apublicfit.org

Ethel M Chocolate Factory - https://www.ethelm.com/special-events

Nevada Preservation Foundation - https://nevadapreservation.org

The Neon Museum - https://www.neonmuseum.org

Las Vegas Pride Parade and Featival - https://dlvec.com/event/pride/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4ZP3oJ7i5AIVgsBkCh3hBA-zEAAYASAAEgJcm_D_BwE

Monday’s Dark - https://www.facebook.com/mondaysdarkvegas/

Bullfrog Biennial http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/goldwell-open-air-museum-bullfrog-biennial-inaugural.html

Nevada Conservatory Theater - https://www.unlv.edu/nct

We want to hear from you! Please find us on Twitter and Instagram @wildandfreepod and on Facebook. Tell us your thoughts, rants, or food and beverage recommendations. You can listen to all of our episodes on our website www.wildandfreepodcast.com.

Make sure to subscribe to Wild and Free: A Battle Born Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/WildFreeABattleBornPodcast and to give us a rating wherever you happen to listen to the podcast.

Wild and Free: A Battle Born podcast is a platform for non-profit professionals, social justice activists and community driven artists that are trying to make a difference in the Southern Nevada community. We talk about the issues that matter and will motivate our fellow community members to get involved. If you have something you would like to spread the word about, please contact us!